Side plate and post for railway cars



May 30, 1950 J. s. SWANN SIDE PLATE AND POST FOR RAILWAY CARS Filed NOV. 22, 1945 J22 BY Patented May 30, 1950 SIDE PLATE AND PGST FOR RAILWAY CAR-S James S. Swami, Home-wood, IlL, assignor to Standard Railway Equipment Manufacturing Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of lJeiaware Application November 22, 1946, Serial No. 711,584

4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to railway house car construction, and particularly to the formation of the side plates and side posts therefor.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a light weight side plate having the required strength properties and so formed as to distribute the material therein so as to obtain the maximum efi'ectiveness therefrom.

Another object is to provide such a side plate section for a railway car which will not result in a reduction of the clear inside height and width of the car.

A further object of the invention is to provide a side plate section adaptable for the welding of plain flat side wall sheets thereto in forming the side Wall of the car, thereby materially lowering the cost of fabricating and erecting the car.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a railway house car side plate section and upper part of an associated side wall sheet and side post.

Figure 2 is a vertical section through the upper part of a side Wall of a car illustrating the invention.

The improved side plate section is preferably a rolled section because of its length, extending as it does from end to end of a railway car. It may, however, be made of plate material bent into the form illustrated. In cross section the improved side plate is a combination of Z and angle form, or in other words, when in position on a car comprises three substantially parallel and horizontal portions I, 2 and 3, respectively, connected by two substantially vertical and parallel portions 4 and 5. Portion I is about one-half the width of por tion 2. In other words, the side plate comprises the integral angularly disposed substantially horizontal and vertical arms 2 and 4, the vertical arm 4 having a laterally extending marginal flange 3 for supporting the roof, and the horizontal arm having a depending marginal flange 5 terminating in an inwardly projecting marginal flange I for cooperation with the hereinafter described side post.

The side posts are of Z-form, the upper end of one of which is shown in the drawings, and comprises a leg 8 which is disposed substantially in the vertical plane of the portion 5 so that the leg 8 and portion 5 present a smooth outer surface for application of the upper end of the wall sheets 9 thereto, as by welding I9, or the like. The other leg I0 and web II of the Z-bar post extend upwardly and are secured to the horizontal portion 2 of the side plate. The upper end of the leg 8 is cut ofi to underlap and be secured to the portion I of the side plate and the web I I is notched so as to clear said portion I and extends upwardly to said portion 2 and is secured thereto.

The side plate of a railway house car constitutes the upper chord of the side wall truss and is, therefore, under compression. This construction materially strengthens the side plate member against buckling when under compression.

It will be noted (see Figure 2) that the width of the side post, which is a standard 3 Z-bar, and the width of the lining I2, is such that when applied, the inner surface I3 of said lining is in a vertical plane which just clears the rivet I4, and, therefore, the clear inside width 2I extends to the portion 3 at line I5 which is the inside height I5 of the car.

The portion 3 of the side plate supports the roof II which is preferably secured to the portion 4 of the side :plate by rivet I 5.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof, within the scope of the claims, will occur to persons skilled in the art.

I claim:

1. In a railway car, the combination of an integral side plate comprising a substantially horizontal and a substantially vertical arm, said vertical arm having a laterally projecting marginal flange, said horizontal arm having a depending marginal flange formed with an inwardly projecting marginal reilange, and a vertical post having its upper outer end cut away providing a part thereof extending to and secured to said refiange and another part thereof extending to and secured to said horizontal arm.

2. In a railway car, the combination of an integral side plate comprising a substantially horizontal and a substantially vertical arm, said vertical arm having a laterally projecting marginal flange, said horizontal arm having a depending marginal flange formed with an inwardly projecting marginal reflange, a vertical post having its upper outer end cut away providing a part thereof extending to and secured to said refiange and another part thereof extending to and secured to said horizontal arm, and an outer metallic sheathing overlapping and secured to said depending flange and said post.

3. In a railway car, the combination of an integral side plate comprising a substantially horizontal and a substantially vertical arm, said Vertical arm having a laterally projecting marginal flange, said horizontal arm having a depending marginal flange formed with an inwardly projecting marginal reflange, a vertical post having its upper outer end cut away providing a part thereof extending to and secured to said reflange and another part thereof extending to and secured to said horizontal arm, and an inner non-metallic lining overlapping said vertical arm and said post.

4. In a railway car, the combination of an integral side plate comprising a substantially horizontal and a substantially vertical arm, said vertical arm having a laterally projecting marginal flange, said horizontal arm having a depending marginal flange formed with an inwardly projecting marginal reflange, a vertical post having its upper outer end cut away providing a part thereof extending to and secured to said reflange and another part thereof extending to and secured to said horizontal arm, an outer metallic sheath- .4 ing overlapping and secured to said depending flange and said post, and an inner non-metallic lining overlapping said vertical arm and said post.

JAMES S. SWANN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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